India, Aug. 21 -- The arrival of Shubman Gill in India's T20I scheme of things is not good news for Sanju Samson. Contrary to the initial expectations, Gill was believed to wait for his return to India's T20I squad, but when the BCCI chairman of selectors, Ajit Agarkar, announced his name as the vice-captain, Samson's fate was sealed. The opening pair of Samson and Abhishek Sharma was the one constant India was supposed to stick with for their Asia Cup campaign, but since there's no way the vice-captain will be benched, Samson, unfortunately, through no fault of his own, will have to make way.

So what is it about Samson, eh? The man made his India debut in 2015; how come, even after 10 years of being around in the international set-up, h...